The Sun. — London, England, 1836-11-11 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The French complained bitterly at Waterloo that some of the English regiments did not know when they were beaten, and clear the ground in due time. Our Contemporary the Times seems to have some such complaint to make against the Protestants of Ireland, who, notwithstanding the imminent danger to which their religion is exposed by rampant Popery, labour under the astounding error of not perceiving the danger. To the pressing summons from Printing house-square they turn a deaf ear. They are told that tithes are in danger—that Hannibal is at the gates— that if they do not hasten to the Registration Courts, Bishops with princely revenues may soon in Ireland be known only in history—that Bath, and Chelten ham, and Rome, and Naples, may not long be ho noured with the presence of fat deans and rectors— they hear all this, and yet they will not budge. What fatal delution has come over the Irish Protestants ! Was there ever such " criminal perverseness." " How criminally perverse," exclaims the Times— (and it is impossible to improve on the language of our Contemporary)—" are the possessors of such great advantages ; and how pitiful are the re sults derived from them to that cause, in which Irish Protestants are more directly, and conspicu ously—though, perhaps, not more substantially— interested than any other class of subjects in the British empire." This is true,—they are not more substantially interested than the other classes of the British empire in that cause illustrious by the blood shed at Rathcormac and Dunkerrin. But, with due submission to the Times, we suspect that British Protestants are as blind as Irish Protestants to the advantage of expending blood and treasnre in retaining the finest portion of the British dominions in a state of semi -barbarism, merely that gentlemen in black coats may derive large incomes for doing nothing. Protes tant ascendancy, like many other things, may be pur chased at too high a price ; and Protestant English. men as well as Protestant Irishmen have begun to count the cost of persecution in Ireland. Ascendancy has its charms, but it has also its drawbacks. So long as the Irish Papists had no objection to be treated like Helots, and were without property and influence, as cendancy was worth something. But the Papists have become refractory, and they have among them men of talents and property, and they can give as well as take an insult. The Irish Protestants may think a safe equality fully as advantageous as a troublesome ascen dancy. But let us hear the complaint a little more in detail : " It appears from the letter of our correspondent, and we can confirm from other sources the melancholy truth of his complaint, that the most pernicious and disgraceful neglect of duty has been exhibited by a large portion of the Protestant community in Ireland, with regard to the regis tration of their votes as electors under the Reform Bill. The registry sessions for Middleton, twelve miles from Cork, closed (says this gentleman) on Wednesday the 2d instant. The notices served for Conservative claimants for the county amounted to 120. But how many of these at tended at the sessions to enforce their claims,' and see them selves entered on the registry ? Six.' Six' Conservative electors for one political division of the extensive and po pulous county of Cork !" where, whatever may be the numbers of the Popish multitude, the Protestant Proprie tors and qualified electors are so irresistibly powerful, would they only exercise their power. What, however, did the Roman Catholics on this occasion ? They made the same number of claims as the Protestants, viz., 120, and regis tered 120 electors! Who can blame the Roman Catholics for this ? They, in a bad cause, have acted like men of sense and vigour. The Protestants, by indolence, coward ice, or something worse, have betrayed their religion and their country. There are (adds our correspondent) at this moment in the county of Cork 500 Protestants pos. sessed of legal qualification, who have not taken the trouble to register a single vote."' Now, with all submission to the Times and its correspondent, we should, from this fact that 500 Protestants in the county of Cork, possessed of legal qualification, have got taken the trouble to register a single vote, draw the inference that those who know the Catholics 'ocst do not believe their religion in any danger from, them, and do not consider them such aliens in blood and in character as to prefer being with out the benefit of municipal institutions, rather than -admit the Papists to participate in the privilege. lii fact, this indifference of the Protestants gives, in the most unanswerable manner, the lie to all the ealum siies heaped on the Catholics by Lyndhurst, and those whom he led by the nose. The Protestants who live in intimacy with the Catholics, entertain no jealous; of them, and, notwithstanding the fulminaticns of O'Sullivan, and Al:Ghee, and M'Neile, they have no dread of the re-kindling of Popish fires. Many of these 500 Protestants have in all probability Popish wives, and are in daily intercourse with Popish priests ; but because Peter Dens, like other good Church men in former days, trusted rather too much to the arm of flesh, and wrote more nonsense, under the title of Moral Theology than any sensible man, whose time does not hang wofully on his hands, would choose to read, they are under no apprehension of a restoration of the defunct Inquisition cf Spain in the province of Munster. The doleful lamentations of the Times form a most refreshing commentary on the la bours of our Conte - mperary to gammon the people by the pretext that their religion was in danger, because a portion of the surplus wealth of a sinecure Church was to be appropriated to the education of the great body of the people by whose labour that Church was main tained. The Conservatives may see from this that the people - now-a-days are not so easily duped as they imagine. The time has gone by wh e n Catholic s anct Protestants could be persuaded that it was es sential to their salvation, that they should break each other's heads, and that religion and a sinecure establishment are synonymous. Archbishop Magee libelled the Presbyterians by telling them that they had " religion without a church.' There are not a few Protestants both in England and Ireland who may be disposed to think that " religion without a church" is preferable to a church which can only be satisfied with the misery and degradation of seven mil lions of people. In fact the persuasion every day gains ground more and more that they who are the most alive to religion are the least noisy in their professions, and that it affords but a sorry proof of confidence in the superiority of a creed to claim for its professors an ascendancy over other religionists, and their rigorous exclusion from the benefit of municipal rights. The Protestants of Ireland, at all events, show that they are determined not to be puppets for unprincipled Tories to play on. They are not such fools as to pro claim to their Catholic fellow-subjects that they con sider them aliens in blood and in character, and that they would rather be slaves themselves than see their brethren invested with the rights of free men.—Morning Chronicle. We believe that some surprise was excited by a re commendation in one of the reports of the Ecclesias tical Commissioners, that the whole of the patronage of the Deans and Chapters should be transferred to the Bishops. We have now reason to know that this has been subsequently considered by the more powerful part of the Commissioners as an ill-weighed proposition, and that it will be withdrawn, or at least greatly modified. Whoever recollects the names o f Tomline, Sparkes, and even Porteus, and the manner in which these persons have crammed their still surviving relatives and dependants with preferment of every kind, will not think that the Deans and Chapters have been the most reprehensible in be stowing their patronage. We know that a strong feeling has been excited against one of the Right Reverend Commissioners, as if he were the only person from whom the obnoxious recommendation could spring. The suspicionw e believe to be erroneous ; it was the mischievous suggestion of a much feebler personage, and too hastily adopted by the Commission. Another and undeniable assumption of power, which we likewise should deprecate, is alleged as a proof of the va lidity, or at least the probability, of the preceding imputation. Who is to have the patronage of all the new churches about to be built by public contribution within the diocese of London ? It is clearly too much to put into the hands of one man. No one who has now subscribed would have advanced a farthing for the raising of churches which were to be filled by the tur bulence of popular election. This is contrary to the apostolic practice, and of course contrary to the genius of the truly apostolic Church of England. We are per fectly open to information and argument respecting this subject. Why may not the patronage in question be divided between the two Universities—not appropriated to colleges, but assigned to the great corporations them- ' selves ? Meritorious men might then bt selected from the whole body of each University to fill the vacant churches at an earlier period than livings are usually attained through fellowships. The habits of public and ecclesiastical life would thus be formed by the in cumbents through the best teacher—usage. This sub ject requires the deepest consideration of that branch of the Legislature which is now decidedly the more respectable, and which is always on such a subject the most competent—the House of Peers.—Tiines. That the present is an age of discovery no one will attempt to deny ; and that effects are now traced to causes which were never thought to operate to that effect before. As we are extremely anxious to make our pages a means of disseminating grand discoveries in science and in political economy, we are now about to promulgate to the world, in the latter branch of knowledge, one of the most recent. It is lying before us at this moment, in a pamphlet addressed to Lord John Russell. And what do our readers imagine the discovery to be ? " The probable increase of rura crime in consequence of the introduction of the new Poor-law and railroad systems ! " Who is the genius to whom the world is indebted for this discovery—who is he that has found out that emancipating the labour ing classes from the horrors of pauperism by the new Poor Law Amendment Act, the means by which that emancipation is effecting, and that the railroads, the cause of present, and, in all probability, of continued employment, to the industrious labouring classes, are the source of the " probable increase of rural crime ? Verily, we should say some snake in the grass, some " poor man's friend," some correspondent of the Times journal, who regrets the bright prospects which open up to the labouring population, and who would wil lingly lend his aid to rivet the chains of their slavery and degradation, and would rejoice to have recourse to the• scale system once more, by which the labourer should be paid, as he has been for forty years, not ac cording to the value of the work performed, but ac cording to the number of his family ? But who is the mighty genius who makes the discovery ? Is he some disappointed candidate for office, neglected alike by Whig and Tory Cabinets ? Fie upon them both, to let a genius of such a calibre-be passed by. The first page of our author lets us a little into the secret of the origin of his present lucubrations I "My Lord,—l observe in the Times journal of this date, that a Commission has been appointed to inquire into the best means of establishing a paid constabulary force in the counties of England and Wales, and of preventing rural crime by such agency. " In the spring of 1828, I published some practical sug gestions for the improvement of the police ; they contained the groundwork of that reform which was subsequently ef fected under the auspices of Sir Robert Peel, and they first proposed the yet more important measure of consolidating the criminal jurisdiction of the metropolitan and surrounding counties.' There, Sir Robert Peel—there, my Lord Brougham, —both of you hide your diminished heads—you have stolen Mr. George Stephen's ideas in two great enact ments of a Metropolitan Police, and a Central Crimi nal Court ! there is a quietus for both of you ! But as for Sir Robert in particular, hear Mr. George Stephen, page 19—" There is some show of egotism in thus reverting to a by-gone claim for the credit of the first reform. Sir Robert Peel may, for aught I know, have derived his hints elsewhere ; possibly from the gels d armerie of France, though there is little real similarity between that force and our own." Do not mind the egotism, Mr. George Stephens. " Thou art the man ;" and if there be any doubt as to your authorship of those important improvements of our local government, console yourself with this last effort of your genius, where you shine in original lustre, with none to contend the authorship with you. You, indeed, alone have made the grand discovery, that in crease of employment with increase of remuneration will be the cause of " a probable increase of rural crime." Our author calls Lord John Russell's attention " more in detail, to the effect which some of these cir cumstances will probably have in increasing the cri minal business of the country ;" and he begins with the new Poor Law thus :—" It is scarcely possible that a change of such a gigantic and severe character (though I am, and always have been, one of those tuho considered much qf the severity necessary) should not produce great excitement in the minds of the la bouring class." No doubt Mr. Stephen entertains this opinion ; but whether he labours to produce that great excitement in the minds of the labouring class or not, our readers shall have an opportunity of judging. How very cautiously this great friend of the new Poor Law sgstenz proceeds will be apparent. "Up to the present moment that excitement has not betrayed itself in any general ebullition of feeling." What, then, all the ravings of Mr. George Stephen's worthy allies, the Times, the Herald, the Dispatch, have as yet been of none effect ? We thank our author for this candid admission of the impotency of their fiend-lilse ravings. Mr. G. Stephen proceeds, "But I think Ihavc observed in those parts of the country with which I am personally acquainted, that this acquiescence is a sullen, and even despairing submission, not a cheerful subor dination that promises tranquillity." Our readers will at once perceive the extreme caution of our author; he only " thinks he has observed this sullen and despairing submission." He proceeds, " whether this be so or not, one thing is clear ; that if, in the majority of cases we are so fortunate as to find that the loss of his wonted resources has driven the idle man into exertion, and that the fruits of labour have encouraged him to as sume habits of industry "—(with all the author's inge nuity, this great truth as to the real object of the Poor Law Bill oozes out, but only as an hypothesis, it would not suit his purpose to declare the fact)— " there will still (he says) be very many instances in which idleness and vice have become too deeply rooted in the pauper to allow of his steady, persevering re form, and such men will assuredly, after the first fit of energy is over, or on the loss of profitable employment, seek subsistence by robbery or fraud." The beneficial progress of the pauper to indepen dence through the operation of the Poor Law Amend ment Act, is thus distorted, quite in the style of Mr. Stephen's active coadjutors, the Times, Herald, and Dispatch. " When the labourer is first discharged from the parochial books he will look out for work, for a time he will find it on the rail-road or canal ; when winter comes the work is partially interrupted, and, if the season is severe, altogether suspended." Now mark the cloven foot, " the labourer is dismissed, perhaps many miles from his parish, and the only prospect for his . family, for two or three months to come, is destitution. What remains for him but plunder ? There is no law for a starving man—there is no tie of conscience or principle binding on a fa mished wretch who hears a wife and children clamorous for food." The readers of the Morning Advertiser will at once perceive the malignant distortion of the facts connected with the New Poor Law Bill, which is thus so insidiously intended for the labourer's eye in these words of Mr. George Stephen, "the only prospect for hisfamilyfor two or three months to come is destitu tion." Are these wilful perversions of the Poor Law Amendment Act published for any other conceivable purpose than with a view to get up " that excitement" which the allies of this poor fellow in all their ravings in the Times, the Herald, and the Dispatch, have, up to the present moment, failed to accomplish ? Mr. Stephen subsequently says, " I am not attempting to explain the causes of increase of crime ; indeed, I am inclined to doubt whether during the last year or two provincial crime has been on the increase." What, Mr, George Stephen, " are you inclined to doubt whether during the last year or two provincial crime has been on the increase ?" How comes it, then, that in the following page you state, " that you have been endeavouring to s h o w that a predisposition to crime will be created by the new order of thing s in our agricultural districts." Let ourauthorsn speak f or hi mse lf on another im portant I next a ll u d e t o th e i ncen di a ry bi e o t now . spirit ; I trust it has diminished ; few fires have lately been mentioned in the public paperai - and so far as one can collect the facts from such autrhcoriztsyt,thceeys of do not appear to have been attended by circumstances ag gravation." We should imagine that our readers would not have been prepared, even by our previous extracts, for such an evident palliation of one of the worst crimes which disgrace our country, originating in the most brutal ignorance, and with the most impotent attempt at injury to the farmer, who by insurance covers himself from the loss of property : and the injury which the midnight incendiary Inflicts by his atrocious crime, is THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1836. tern of education commenced under such auspices, a system directly opposed to the principles of the Pro testant reformation, and, consequently, unfit for the youth of this Protestant realm ? At the same Liver pool meeting, the Rev. Hugh M'Neile said " the oath of the Roman Catholic Clergy binds them to the creed of Pope Pius IV. ; Pious IV. binds them to the Trent, Trent binds them to Lateran, and Lateran binds them to the extermination of heretics." Need we wonder, seeing that such are the present received te nets of the Romish Clergy—and they boast that their Church is unchanged and unchangeable—need we wonder at the systematic persecution of the Protestant Clergy of Ireland " by blockade and starvation," as the first fruits of the Bill of Catholic Emancipation? 'We cannot.—Morning Herald. only felt by the agricultural population, who are there by deprived of a great amount of labour, and conse quently of a large amount of wages, while the farmer pockets the full value of his coon without the expendi ture of labour in thrashing and carrying it to market. But to find that any person could deliberately set him self down to record his opinion, that such a crime, in volving the destruction of the precious fruits of the earth, given by an all-bountiful Providence for the sustentation of man, could be perpetrated without being " attended by circumstances of aggravation," is to us a matter of the utmost indignation ; but let Mr. Ste phens proceed—" But the mere display of such a spirit, foreign as it is to the character of our coun trymen, is alarming. It shows that there exists a sullen, though at present repressed temper which re quires but little further provocation to lead on to crime; I have even found in some instances a sym pathy expressed by men above the labouring popu lation, well calculated to encourage the incendiary. On one occasion a farmer was extenuating an offender's guilt, on the ground of distress. I urged the com mon-place reply, that Parliament was a tribunal to which such sufferers should appeal. But how are they to get heard, Sir ? As others do, by petition. Petition ! who will write it for them ? And who will read it when written, or trouble their heads about it No, no, Sir, you may depend upon it there is no peti tion like a blazing rick ; it is read by all the country for ten miles round !! !" Our readers will perceive that this anecdote is merely one which the writer has heard, and deems it right to publish. We cannot on this occasion devote more space to the further consideration of this subject. At a future opportunity we shall lay before our readers another class of oppositionists to the New Poor Law Amendment Act, who are actively engaged in their opposition to this great measure of relief to the industry of the country., But we cannot let the opportunity pass of congratulating the labouring population on the good sense which they are displaying throughout the country, in not yielding themselves a prey to such fanatics as they who, for party political purposes, are daily in the Times and Herald endea vouring, vainly, according to the acknowledgment of one of their tools, to produce an excitement among the industrious poor.—Morning Advertiser. Some of the evening papers contained last night a long address from M. Mendizabal, abrogating the powers given to M. Durou for the settlement of the November dividend, and offering humbug Treasury bonds in lieu of the bills on Cuba. We presume that next week another proposition will come from Madrid, superseding the present arrangement ; and it is possi ble that the successor of Mendizabal, who is soon to disappear, will take the liberty to set aside both modes of settlement, and establish a project of his own. Really it is not fit that the Committee of the Stock Exchange should allow these matters to pass over with out expressing a decided opinion upon them. The payment of dividends by notes of hand at twelve months' date is no payment at all, and the stock on which it is offered should be put into the same category with that of those insolvent States that are at present excluded from the market. Can anything be so disreputable as the conduct of Mendizabal and his agent, M. Durou, in tins late proceeding ? Let us put their characters in contrast with Messrs. Ricardo and Ardouin's. Would the latter have lent the sanction of their names to the former offers, unless they had sufficient authority to do so ? Is it the practice of the London and Paris bankers to play this fast and loose game in their pe cuniary transactions ? Assuredly not. Both these respectable houses came forward, as agents for the loan, to tender the only payment offered for the divi dend, on instructions received from Madrid ; and a gross calumny it is on them to say that they, or M. Durou, with whom they acted, were not autho rised. What cool insolence does not every line of M. Mendizabal's letter betray ! He dips his hand into every pocket with the most practised effrontery, and talks of honour and honesty with all the fluency of a town swindler when called on for a character at the 01d Bailey. He has robbed every man in Spain whom he could lay hold of in the shape of forced contributions, or dispensation from the Quinta. He has lately plundered the Churches, carrying off all the plate with sacrilegious hands ; and he only waits for one more pull from English purses before he closes his accounts, and abandons a post which lie entered upon with no other motive than that of repairing his broken for tunes. Happily the eyes of the people whom he and his party have so long deluded are now opened to the perfidy of his nature, and the wickedness of their plans. The world is tired of these brokers in revolutions and their cut-throat followers. Public opinion is decidedly set in against them, and notices like that now under consideration have lost all their virtue, and are of no use beyond the giving a temporary gleam of satisfaction to persons already compromised.—Morning Post. At the meeting of the Protestant Association lately formed in Liverpool to maintain the Protestant and Christian principles of the free circulation of the Scriptures in opposition to the principle of excluding them from uublic education, as attempted to be en forced by the Municipal body of that town, the Rev. Mortimer O'Sullivan made a charge against the most Rev. Dr. Murray, titular Archbishop of Dublin, which, if not satisfactorily answered by that Roman Catholic Prelate, must consign him for ever to the uneviablc re putation which an accomplished disciple of Loyola deserves. The charge to prevent the possibility of mistake we will state in the Rev. Gentleman's own words. Mr. O'Sullivan says, " Dr. Murray was asked before a Committee of the House of Commons in the year 1825, on the 17th of May, Do the priests take an oath similar to this ? (the oath taken by Roman Catholic Bishops). He answered no ; they take no oath but the oath of allegiance to his Majesty—they make a promise of obedience at the time of their ordination—that is all. This answer of the witness " (Mr. O'Sullivan continued) " may be divided, as logicians say, into two propositions—one affirming that the priests of the Church of Rome in Ireland take the oath of allegiance to his Majesty, the other that they take no other oath. The answer, it is plain, conveys intelligence to the effect that the priests, as priests, swear allegiance to the Throne, and that they swear as priests, no other. In both parts it is false. Students in May nooth, at their entrance into the seminary, are required to take an oath of allegiance. No such oath is required at any other Roman Catholic College, and no such oath is required at ordination. It is false then to say that the priests take it. Here Dr. Doyle, who was upon his oath, appears to have given testimony, the very opposite of Dr. Murray. Dr. Doyle when exa mined before the Lords' Committee, March 21, 1825, said that unless a person succeeded to some property, or was appointed to some office, requiring the oath to be taken, he did not take the oath of allegiance. I turn to the second part of the answer. The priests in Ireland take no other oath. Is this the truth ? No. I cannot cite the testimony of Dr. Doyle to prove its falsehood, but am not without evidence strong as the case requires. The Appendix to the report of the Lords Committee on Ireland in 1825, May 27 (at p. 913), recites the form of the oath taken by priests on being collated to parishes." Mr. O'Sul livan then read the oath, in which the priest swears to render true obedience to the Pope of Rome, suc cessor of the blessed Peter, &c., and to receive and profess all other things defined, delivered, and decreed by the sacred Canons and the oecumenical Councils, and especially the holy Council of Trent ; also to re ject, condemn, and anathematize all things contrary, and all heretics condemned by the Church ; alleging, moreover, that this is the true Catholic faith, without which no man can be saved. Having read the oath, Mr. O'Sullivan added, " Such is the oath which Dr. Murray solemnly denied on his examination before a Parliamentary Committee. I charge him with the de nial. It was necessary that I should call his especial attention to the charge, and I did so. He has not ventured to deny the justice of the accusation. He has not thought it advisable to attempt any excuse for his false disclaimer, yet he expresses anger at being charged with disingenuous artifices ; and he remains— may God pardon the nation which commits the enor mity—he remains patron of the system of national education in Ireland." We ask the Protestant people of England whether the British Government has not incurred a most awful responsibility that selects as pa tron of a system of national education any person hold ing the Anti-Protestant and Anti-Scriptural tenets contained in the above-mentioned oath ? Is not a sys- ORIGIN OF DISEASE.—I tell you honestly what I think is the cause of the complicated maladies of the human race : it is their gormandising, and stuffing, and stimulating those organs (the digestive) to excess ; thereby producing nervous disorder and irritation. 'The state of their minds is another grand cause—the fidgeting and discontenting of yourself about that which can't be helped ; passions of all kinds, malignant passions, and worldly cares pressing upon the mind, disturb the cerebral action, and do a great deal of harm.—Abernethy. The Princess Amelia of Saxony has written several dramatic pieces for the German stage, and many of them have been played with great success. The last, which is called The Irresolute, was brought out at Dresden a few days ago. This literary Princess is now preparing an edi tion of all her works for publication. The vintage is just over in Austria. There are no complaints of the quality of the wine, for the warm days of October had matured the fruit, but the quantity is so small from the unfortunate prevalence of chilling winds at the season when the vine is flowering, that it is calculated the produce will be little more than one eighth of a good yin tage.—Frankfort Paper. We understand that Mr. Southey, the celebrated poet, is expected at Bremhill on Saturday next, to spend a few days with his friend and brother poet , the Re v . W. L. Bowles.—Devixes Gazette. The heavy fall of snow did not reach so far west as Exeter, and even the Mendip hills were scarcely capped with it. The feeling in the market yesterday, we believe, was rather better than on the previous Tuesday, particularly as regards yarns, which, although certainly not high in price, were somewhat better to sell. This remark, however, ap plies chiefly to mule yarns ; throstle twist was dull. Print ing cloth remains depressed ; the demand, partly owing to the season, and partly to the very diminished purchases for the American market being at present much reduced. However, there certainly was a better tone observable, and more confidence expressed on 'Change.—Manchester Guardian. Yesterday afternoon, about three o'clock, one o Warburton's Paddingtom omnibuses was driving at a rapid rate along Holborn, being at the time full of passengers, when on its arrival near the end of Hatton-garden, it ever turned with an alarming crash. The coachman and con ductor leaped from their scats and escaped unhurt. A great crowd of persons assisted in getting the passengers out, and we understand that none of them were injured, although much affrighted by the suddenness and shock of the accident. " Piazzi" is a word which it is difficult to translate into English, and the difficulty is greater in consequence of its having been corrupted to mean " colonnade." " Piazzi" in Italian comes nearest to " Square" in English ; but the Piazzi de Spagna at Rome is triangular, the Piazzi di San Pietro is elliptical, and many piazze in Rome are of any shape, or of no shape. In Norwich, and perhaps a few other old English towns, wherever there is an open space surrounded by houses, it is called " A Plain ;" thus St. Mary's Plain, the Theatre Plain, &c. ; and the word Plain, used in this sense, exactly answers to the Italian Piazzi.— Old Monthly Magazine. AN AERONAUT OF THE LAST CENTURY. — Fifty-three years ago the Channel was crossed in a balloon, with this difference in the undertaking, that the " aero nauts" chose Dover for their starting point. M. Blanshard came to London at the time, constructed a balloon, had it conveyed to Dover, and havin g undertakingjoined in the a physician, Dr. Jeffries, by the first fair wind he ascended, and in the course of an hour and a half he alighted at Guignes in France. From thence the intrepid travellers took a post-chaise and four to Paris, and arrived at the grand opera in the midst of all the beau monde assembled at a favourite performance. At their entrance the whole audience rose ; the ladies waved their white handkerchiefs, the gentlemen applauded with enthusiasm, whilst cries of " Vive Ins brave Anglais" resounded through the theatre. M. de C--, then Controlleur-General of the Finances and favourite Minister, unfortunately took it into his head that France would be disgraced if a Frenchman was not found to return the compliment, and fly through the air to England in a French balloon. A. reward of 6 20,000 f. was consequently offered by the King of France for any subject who would undertake the eniprize. M. Pilate du Rozier was the only person who would venture upon it. He was a most amiable and distinguished person, and particularly renowned for his acquirements in chemistry and natural philosophy. Pilate du Rozier set immediately about con structing a balloon. When finished it remained at Bou logne for six months close to the high road, exposed to the warring elements, without the wind proving favourable for a single day. The impatient Minister, who suspected poor M. Pilate of deceit, sent him orders to go up from whatever point of the compass the wind blew. The ill-starred philo sopher, accompanied by a friend, ascended in his balloon : he was followed on horseback by all the Picards who could muster steeds, their eyes fixed on the nearly invisible bal loon : they shortly saw a flame appear in its stead—then two black points descended. These were Pilate du Rozier and his companion, who were burnt and then crushed on the earth. Near Marquis° is still shown the spot where the disaster occurred. In the same way was killed a few years back, Madame Blanshard, who, ascending in a balloon in Paris, on a great gala day, let off some fire works, set fire to her balloon, and in her descent from so great a height accumulated such a momentum that she broke through the roof a house, and fell, and died, to their horror and asto nishment, on the bed of two young " modestes," who little expected such a visit from the Heavens. On Wednesday last an inquest was held at the Public-office, before Mr. J. J. Elandy, coroner for Reading, and a respectable jury, on view of the body of Elizabeth Dodge. The evidence adduced was as follows :—Mary Dodge, sister of the deceased, stated that the age of the de ceased to be about 37 years, and that she had been living with witness all her life. For several months past she had been unwell, and for the last three weeks worse, as she had appeared to be in a desponding state of mind, in wit ness's opinion from extreme debility. She was a dress maker, and for some time past had had but little or nothing to do, which pressed heavily on her mind. She had but little or no sleep for the last fortnight. She was more restless on Friday and Saturday nights last. She slept about an hour on Sunday night, and was something better on Monday morning. She had no rest on Monday night, and complained very much of a pain in her head and sto mach. Went up to the deceased several times on Tuesday morning, and, on taking her up some tea, thought, on en tering the room, she was dead. Called Mrs. Neal, where they both lodged, who went with witness to the head of the bed. They found the deceased lying on her back, with a stocking tied very tight round her neck. They both as sisted in loosing it, but the deceased had:ceased to breathe, and there were. no signs of life in her. Immediately sent for a medical gentleman, and Mr. Hopper attended and used every means to restore animation, without effect. Mr. Thomas Hopper deposed, that on Tuesday morning he was called in to attend the deceased ; on examining the body, which was quite warm, there were marks around her neck of her having evidently died from the effects of strangula tion ; no appearance of any other kind of violence presented itself ; considered it a duty to immediately use the means commonly employed in such cases for restoring suspended animation. In this was shortly afterwards assisted by Mr. Edward May, surgeon, but the continued efforts of both, for so long a time as in their judgment there remained any chance, proved unsuccessful. Esther Neal, widow, stated that the deceased and her sister were lodgers with her. The deceased had been in a distressed state of mind for a fortnight or three weeks past. She had several times said she thought she should go out of her mind. She had been in the habit of talking and making a great noise in the night for several weeks past, and had had no rest. Witness felt convinced that her mind was a great deal affected. From Sunday morning to Monday evening she appeared much more composed. On Monday evening she made the same noises, and particularly before daylight on Tues day morning. Came down stairs about seven o'clock to breakfast. Was not certain whether Mary Dodge came down stairs before or after witness, but she proceeded to get breakfast, and went up stairs several times. About eight o'clock observed her go up and return immediately. Went up stairs in consequence, and discovered that a stocking had been tied round her neck. Assisted in loos ing the stocking. It was only passed through the tie once, but drawn very tight. The air gurgled in the throat when the stocking was untied. The body was quite warm. Went for the deceased's brother, who went for Mr. Hopper. He came within a quarter of an hour afterwards. The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity," and stated to the Coroner that they could not separate without expressing their unanimoas opinion that the deceased's distress of mind was occasioned by extreme poverty, and the want of the common necessaries of life--Berkshire Chronicle. -cry 1 T 1) POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOU SE. The new LORD MAYOR, upon taking the chair, stated that he should sit every day to transact public business at twelve o'clock. A very rough-looking fellow, who appeared to be not yet recovered from a hearty dose of gin, was brought up, charged with having injured a little boy, named Haywood, seriously, by taking him up and dashing him against the pavement. Some persons, who witnessed the outrage, stated that the poor boy neither said a word nor gave offence to the defen dant, who dashed his head against the curb-stone. The boy screamed, and was taken up and conveyed to a sur geon, who gave him medicine, and directed that he should put to bed. The hurt was in the head and arms particularly. The LORD MAYOR asked the fellow why he acted in so brutal a manner to a poor child ?—The defendant said that it was the practice of blackguard boys to annoy him when he was doing his business, and he was resolved to throw every one that did so against the stones. The LORD MAYon—You might have killed the boy by your brutal violence, and be had not done anything to offend you. Defendant—l had a drop of drink to be sure, and I moight a been mistaken, but I'd do it again now if I'm bo thered in my business. I moight a took one boy for an other, but I'd do it again. The policeman who took him into custody said that upon being taken to the watch-house he tore up the scats, and wrenched everything from its place. The LORD MAYOR directed that a good pair of hand cuffs should be put upon the defendant, and that in order to prevent him from doing any mischief to himself, as well as others, he should be handcuffed behind his back. The defendant was according remanded. HATTON-GARDEN. Yesterday having been appointed for the re-examination of G. S. Mulch, the soi-disant conveyancer, solicitor, &c., the office was excessively crowded by persons from whom he had falsely and fraudulently obtained various sums of money. The prisoner, who is a very ordinary-looking personage, appeared at the bar without his green spectacles, and he carelessly looked round at the numerous victims of his in genuity, and leaned over the bar, whilst there was a whis per of" That's him." Mr. Roberts, of Russell-street, Covent-garden, produced the following letter, and identified the prisoner : " 41, Devonshire-street, Queen-square, Bloomsbury, Sept. 3, 1836. " Sir—ln reference to your advertisement in the Time: newspaper, requiring a loan of 250/., I beg to acquaint you that I have that sum, or to the extent of 3001., ready for immediate investment, and should the security you offer, on an interview, appear satisfactory, I shall be happy to nego tiate the matter forthwith, and, if convenient, shall be glad to see you on Monday, between one and two.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, "G. S. MUTC H. " Addressed to Z. P., Russell-street, Covent-garden." He obtained 101. and absconded. Mr. Angus, a merchant, stated that about three years ago he advertised in the Times for a loan of 1,0001. upon security, when he received a letter from G. S. Mutch, Esq., conveyancer. Witness had an interview with him, and he engaged to negotiate the matter for him, and got 41. from him. The prisoner shortly afterwards quitted his residence in Jewin-street, City, and he heard no more of him until he read his case in the Times, which described him exactly. At that time he wore large green spectacles. Mr. LAING—If he had kept them on he would look more pleasant.—(Laughter, in which the prisoner joined— his eyes and countenance are peculiarly repulsive.) He inquired what he had done with his spectacles ? King, 120 G, said that he hattded them to somebody on his way to prison. Mr. LAING inquired whether there were any other charges against the prisoner, when a host of persons pressed forward and answered in the affirmative, and handed in letters, rolls of parchment, and papers, signed "G. S. Mutch," showing that he was connected with an infamous gang of swindlers, who had been practising such impositions for a considerable time. Many of them had been duped out of 101., 51., 41. and 21., under a promise to procure Govern ment and mercantile situations, or to negotiate loans upon security. Mr. LAING said he never heard of a more considerable rogue. A Mr. Kelly, of Keppel-street, Russell-square, stated that some time ago the prisoner took apartments in his house, and carried on similar business. Mr. LAING—Pray, what did he represent himself to be? Mr. Kelly—A conveyancer.—(Laughter.) Mr. LAING—DO you know whether he was married ? Mr. Kelly—No ; but he was livinc , with a female. He also kept offices in Wardell-street, and a Stamford-street, Black friar's-road, where he seemed to be carrying on the business of a solicitor or conveyancer, and he was visited by numerous persons. He had also represented himself as a house-agent and accountant. A master tailor, of No. 51, Gloucester-street, Queen square, stated that three years ago, the prisoner took spa cious apartments in his house, furnished, when he brought a man who acted as his clerk, and he covered the tables over with rolls of parchments and papers, and had tin japanned boxes, so as to give the place the appearance of a convey ancer's office. lie got into his debt 171., and then endea voured to swindle him out of a suit of clothes, when he bolted" without pitying his rent, &c. An elderly gentleman now identified the prisoners as hav ing kept offices in Jewin-street, City, where he represented himself as a solicitor. He applied to him " professionally," and in that character he obtained 21. from him ; but he never did anything for the money. Mr. LAING said that that would make out a case against him, and he advised the gentleman to apply to the Law Association for prosecuting such offenders, and they would take the matter up. He left the office with the intention of doing so. The prisoner listened to the proceedings with the utmost nonchalance, and said nothing. He was committed for trial ; but he will be brought up again on Monday next, in order that the last charge of re ceiving 21. under pretence of being a solicitor, should be heard, and that other charges may come forward. Mr. Tomlins, a tobacconist, in Bath-street, Clerken well, attended on a Mint case, when he refused to be sworn on the New Testament. Mr. LAING asked why he refused to be sworn ? Mr. Tomlins—l have no objection to promise, as I would to a friend, but not to be sworn. Mr. LAING—Then, what is to bind your conscience, you are not sworn ? Mr. Tomlins—My word ; I think that as much binding as kissing the book. Mr. LAING—What do you call yourself ? Mr. Tom lins—An Independent. Mr. LAING—What is an Independent? Mr. Tomlins— It is similar to a Quaker. Mr. LAING—Do you believe in future rewards and punishments ? Mr. Tomlins—l do ; and lam a Christian. Mr. LAING—Then, what sort of an oath shall we admi nister to you ? Mr. Tomlins (hesitatingly)—Why, I can not tell. I will give you my word, if that will do. Mr. LAING—That will not do. I think there is some trick in this. Mr. Tomlins—Oh ! dear no, Sir, not at all ; if I promise, I will perform. Mr. LAING—Then I will settle the matter. You say that if the affirmation of the Quaker is put to you, it will be as binding on your conscience as an oath ? Mr. Tom lins—Certainly, Sir. The Clerk then repeated the words of the affirmation of the Quaker, that his wife was to attend at the Old Bailey to give evidence, or he would forfeit 40/. Mr. Tomlinson replied that he was content. Mr. LAING (peremptorily)—Now, mark me ; you have professed before me to be of the same principles as a Qua ker ; and if you do not attend to the affirmation, you will be as liable to a prosecution for perjury as much as if you broke an oath, and the recognizance will be forfeited. MAR YLEB ONE. EMBEZZLEMENTS BY A COMMISSION AGENT.—William Howitt, a young man of very respectable connections, was placed at the bar, charged by Messrs. Hartup and Young, dealers in lace, &c., No. 154, Oxford-street, with embez zlement. The prisoner, who has lived in several first-rate houses at the West-end in the silk and drapery business, was throughout the examination evidently suffering much from the intensity of his feelings, and it was with the greatest difficulty that he could support himself while resting with his arm on the dock. Mr. Hartup stated that about two months ago ha en• gaged with the prisoner to sell lace for the firm at a commis sion of five per cent. His practice was to call at the shop every morning, and select such goods as he thought he should require, and on his return in the evening money was paid in by him for such articles as he had sold accord• ing to his account for prompt payment, and several ladies, one of whom he said was a Mrs. Hollier, of Islington green, were debited with sums for lace, &c., which he alleged they had purchased upon Mrs. Hollier's account, which came to 71. odd. He had at different times on his return paid 41. in part, but there were other bills standing against his customers upon which no money whatever had been forthcoming. He (Mr. Hartup) being at length con vinced that some kind of fraudulent dealing was going on, repaired on Wednesday last to the ladies' residence as given in by the prisoner, and found, as be expected, that no such persons were known. He was then taxed with dishonesty, when he at once admitted his guilt, and said that he had disposed of a quantity of lace to numerous persons at about one-half of its worth, and upon this admission he was given into custody.—The prisoner was remanded. UNION.HALL• Yesterday W. A. Johnson, a coal-merchant in the Vas. _ sail-road, Camberwell New-road, was summoned , at ti instance of the guardians of the poo r of Lamb eth, fo+7 neglecting to pay the amount (61. Bs.) incurred for the sop. port of his mother in the workhouse. Dunn, the beadle, said that the defendant lived in a good house in the Vassall-road, kept two servants, and had a good d coal-wharf. There was, he added, every appearance comfort and respectability there. The defendant said that appearances were not always c to be relied up. He had five chil dren, and his c i rc umstanaddedces w ere not as had been represented b y the beadle. He ly that he had to support his father for eleven years previous to his death, that he had lost 4001. by a brother, and that it was with much difficulty he now supported his ovvn children. The Magistrates awarded the defendant to pay account of his mother's support to the workhouse, asdto settle the remainder of the bill in three weekly instalmeot.4 This having been acceded to on the part of the defendant': he was then discharged. A man named Evans was charged with interrupting the proceedings of a Temperance Society, by letting off a squib in their place of meeting. 1 /". off the John Adams, a straight-haired, devout -looking young man, stated that he was a member of the Tee-total 'Tem perance Society, and that in the middle of their proceed ings, and as one of their members was delivering himself of a speech, the defendant, who had a cigar in his ,toemouth et off a squib, which went whizzing ro und the building to inexpressible alarm particular l y of the female part of the me eting. The defendant treated th e matter as a joke, and also had the audacity to rid icule the proceedings of the meeting, and said that he was com e there to have a shindy. He was, however, eventually shoved out of the room, but his intrusion had upset, in a great measure, the proceedings of the evening. The Magistrate said that the defendant had subjected himself to a penalty of 51. for letting off the fireworks, and that his conduct altogether in interrupting the exceeding vain assembled there for a particular purpose was Y improper. The Defendant—l went to the meeting to hear what they had got to say, and the sq o uib was let of by an ther person. The Magistrate said that if the defendant dissented from the proceedings of the meeting he had no business to interrupt them, and as it was stated that he was inebriated at the time he was a very unfit person to have been pre' sent there. Defendant—l admit that I do n ' t a pp rove of all their doctrines with respect to temp erance, for it is impossible for a working man to abstain altogether from the " brewer's nourishment." The Defendant being about to enter into his own vievio and opinions on the subject, was stopped by the Mgis" trate, who inflicted a fine of five shillings u p on him for el' toxication. • LAMBETH- STREET. William Purlett, a young man in a miserable plight' er plied to the Magistrates for an order to be passed to his Dv tive "place, Cork. The applicant stated that he had served in the British Leg verf ion ; but, owing to the treatme nt which he receivehd,g he, with one hundred and sixty - six me n, deserted from i regiment, and, after being marched f or more than se hundred miles over France , they lan ded in this country 9' few weeks ago, since which time he (applicant) was ro t !: dering about in the most wretche d state. On the Tug a before he slept on some butcliers'shambles in the street , eir was without a single farthing in his pocket, or a friend ' ll London to assist him. MAGISTRATE—IS it not a fact that y ou deserted &eel the service of the Queen of Spain, and that Don Carlos re: fused to accept your services, but sent you home throtle France? Why yes, Sir, it is true enough. Mr. NORTON—What was the cause of your desett i f, g , from General Evans ? Applicant—Because we were boa treated, and half starved, ant B knew we never Nu stand out the winter. Mr. NORTON—What regiment did you belong to ?,' Applicant—The 10th Light Infantry co mmanded by C°" O'Connell. MAGISTRATE—Is there any pay due to you ? cant—No. Another MAGISTRAT E—Besides, if there was, he vieet not get a halfpenny of it. There is a g entleman I knot i; whom 5001. is due, and th ou g h he has been serereude wounded in the cause, and ha s the acknowled g ment of tfit Spanish authorities that the money is due to him, he cal f get a penny. The English h ave been most shanofe" treated by the Spaniards. w e av Mr. NORTON (to the applican t ) —What do you e, us to do for you ? Applicant—To assist me to get hoolte The Magistrates gave him some s ilver from their priva4, pu r ses, and sent him to the author ities of Whites to with a recommendation that they would g ive him a trifle assist him on his way. ut LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Nov. 9. --- " Due Cotton-market still continues in a dull and heavy state ; sales to-day are about 2,500 bales , a t last week's Priiceil-ri. viz., 400 Pernams, 1 lid. to 12 4 d. ; 200 Maranhanus, "4,'. to 12-id. ;50 Egyptians, 12.-1-d, to 16d. ; remainder Ml'' rican from Bd. to 111 d. the On the sth of November a fire broke out jo stack-yard of Mr. Cate, the overseer o f Iden near 141110 The fire was speedily got under by the timely arrival Oa, engine from Rye, with only the loss of one stac k of It is supposed to have been set alight by an incendiatY• Brighton Gazette. On Friday night last, two high wa y robberies ere committed a short distance from Lincoln. As Mr. f v .y e a of Burton, was returning from the market, he was e c c k.. by three men against Burton Plantations , and after IcSaa ing him down and otherwise illtreating him, they r° or him of his watch, 3 bottles of me dicine, and 2id. insanec per, being all the money he had a bout him. The••bao, evening, as Mr. Brown was on his w a y home to Nettle /0 fire ruffians fell upon him and robbed him of his wa t „ a ch itle. the scuffle he lost his hat, but on arriving at i.elleroho ham, he took a friend with him to the place where t hi to bery was committed, and found his hat in a ditch 13 ' 0 which they had forced him. The number of the vo te t io known, and we hope will ultimately lead to the de tec te lY of the numerous gang with which our city is unfortune' infested.—Lincoln Gazette ES HORIZONTAL FLAT WATC I !., f fere ti w ith accurately finished jewelled movements , warranted Bre " vr ics in Silver cases, price Five Guineas each ; or in GoldcasesVoe44 " e Nine Guineas each, at T. COX SAVORY'S, Watchmaker' ler, and Silversmith, 47, Cornhill, London. N.B.—Second-hand Watches purchase B IR TR S. of On the 9th inst., in New-street, Spring-gardens , the la d , „roit' Biddulph, Esq., .P. of a son, who only survived a fewri3tCr• On the 9th inst., Mrs. Sweatrnan,Berners-street, o f a twtter• On the 9th inst., Mrs. Elgood , Wimpo le-street, of a daug;ijar On the 3d inst., at Mile-end, the lady of Mr. Michael /II ton, of a daughter. k/ 1 f On the Btk inst., Mrs. John Howell , P arksroad, Stoc6l I:4 a daughter. la n f car On the Bth ult., at St. John's, New Brunsw ick, the d)! of g " tain C. Dalton, commanding the Artillery in th at Provll3" daughter. MARRIED. A lit° On the sth inst., at Edinburgh, Eliza Jane, the second (-lop Henry Westmacott, Esq., to Wm. Cole Adams, Esq., of Su- Suffolk. . a j3or On the Bth inst., at St. George's, Bloomsbury, Mr. W. ;:„ . 1. 00 1 , 1 well, of Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, to Ann Shim ~r e is, ' daughter of John Pheasant, Esq., timber-merchant, CO lrt '" road, Lambeth. On the Bth inst., at St. Alphage's, Greenwich, ford, Esq., of the East India House, second son of A. C. 13 cu ' u ght et ford, Esq., of Ardmillan, Ayrshire, to Margaret, second of J. Boyn, Esq., of Blackheath-hill. a flar le : ' On the Bth inst., at St. Ann's, Blackfriar's, W. —• he la -e Clifford erCr:l; Esq., of Southall, Middlesex, to Eliza, third daughter of t orwoo J. Lawson, Es., of Nd, Surrey. , , 11, 0 ' On the 10th q inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, ne ° 4. is. win Addington, Esq. , to E leanor Anne, eldest daughter of B. Estcourt, Esq., M.P. r hp SSA. On the 10th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, 0° The, art Lyon, Esq., of Kirkmichael, Dumfries -shire to 31aZueensto0; only surviving child of the late T. Dickson, igt, of perfo rtne' Upper Canada, the ceremony having been previously according to the rites of the Roman Catholic Church. DIED. .1 0 1r. On the 10th of November, in her 81st year, Anne, WO ° Edward Bentley of Ely-place. On the sth inst., at Lewisham, Kent, aged 49, Mr. dam a 4' bins, printer and publisher, in Ivy-lane, Paternoster-roivit 7 4, 14f, thor and editor of several works On the sth inst., at Beaumont-square, 31ile-end, age' - Charles Prentice. On the Bth inst., aged Si, John Beech, Esq. 64 el, On the 7th inst., at Northampton-place, Canonbury, ag Mr. Salomon Spyer. (1 0 On the 3d inst., R. Johnson, Esq., of Stoke Guildforcl97ariehit On the 7th inst., in Gower-street,-square, aged Banister, Esq. ft , er On the 2d inst., Hannah, wife of the Rev. . S. Sergreve tor of St. Mary, Somerset, and Cooling, near Rochester ; tiscoo te , On the 6th of September, at Prague, G. F. A. 13 t Fellow of King's College, Caanbridge. L , . piefir On the sth inst., at Ashby St. Ledgers, Notts, Michaet of ing Senhouse, Esq., aged 41. On the sth inst., aged 78, Henry Gerard Gotterreanf !0140./411 Duke-street, St. James's, many years Secretary to the 1 4 a" Chancery in London. On the 2th inst., Mr. John Hall, of Holborn, aged 7° ;if e of Dl r. On the 7th inst., at 'Union-lace, Lambeth, Elia a ' -- W. Rathbone, of Upper Thames-street. 1 1 ° On the 7th inst., Greenwich,aged 67 Rolerie th• C a ptain d of at , binson, formerly of the 78th Regiment, and afterwar 5 E 4 '' Ross-shire Militia. obertf4?'f jar On the 7th inst , at Lewisham, aged 85, George n Tests ewe brother of the late James Robertson, Esq., la an Y 15—$ tj• rice of the Court of Common Pleas, St e ' On the 16th of March last, Alfred, youngest son of the 1 1 1 :, ,, W. Unwin, Esq., aged 24. Lang ton, On the 4th inst., at Warham, Norfolk, Wennlan aged 74. 14e. FING t 1 London: Printed and Published by MURD O Y° tran d, int he O uli 112, Strand, at T he Sun Office, o. 112 S of Middlesex, —Friday, Kovember 11, 11;35.